Mains

Once again we are overloaded with zucchinis. The pigs are getting the leftovers, because we are picking more than we can ever eat. The have a habit of growing extremely quickly if they don’t get picked, so if we forget, we are suddenly faced with lots of gigantic vegetables. Country Boy was commenting on our…

Country Boy doesn’t do things by halves. If he is going to have a vegetable garden then it is going to be big, and if he is planting vegetables, he is planting a lot! Case in point is cabbages. We have oodles of them, and of course, you get a couple of meals out each…

If you have been following this blog at all, then you might remember that Country Boy gets a bit carried away with his vegetable garden during the summer. Last summer we were totally swamped with fresh produce and spend all our spare moments trying to store as much as possible for the rest of the…

Part of my job is teaching older kids the skills needed to be a chef. There is lots of knife work, and practicing of basic skills. I’m always on the look out for recipes that are economical as well as those that contain as many different skills and ingredients as possible. I’ve used this recipe…

Because the girls primary school is so small, they don’t have a canteen. On Wednesdays parents take turns of cooking a hot meal to share, whilst on Mondays and Fridays the girls are allowed to take hot food to school. The food is then put into a pie warmer to be heated for lunch. Most…

Yes I know the title is immature. Every time I think about baked beans, well Bart Simpson just jumps into my head. The ability to quote the Simpsons in almost any situation (whether appropriate or not) is one of my many talents. When I first met Country Boy, he and his best mate were big…

My new school has kindergarten to year 12 in the one school. So for the first time ever, I will be teaching primary kids as part of a kitchen garden program. Very exciting, but also a bit scary – imagine twenty 5 year olds with knives. I’ve been thinking a lot about the type of…

I suspect that I will be inundating you with recipes over the coming months because our garden is simply heaving with produce which we need to pick and eat. And nothing makes me happier than eating fresh produce from our garden. When I am having a down day, wondering why on earth I agreed to…

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I'm a city girl turned farmer's wife, school teacher, ideas woman, and mum to three country kids. Country Life Experiment is all about simple country living, growing and making our own food, and life on our family farm in rural Australia. Join me as I give country living a try. Read more...

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Hi, I’m Jo

City girl turned farmer's wife, school teacher, ideas woman, and mum to three country kids.
Country Life Experiment is all about simple country living, growing and making our own food, and life on our family farm in rural Australia. Join me as I give country living a try. Read more...